Senior Platform Applications Scientist

• Lead relationships with external collaborators and pharma partners to drive projects from inception to completion.
• Lead and manage research projects with pharma partners that address fundamental questions using our state-of-the-art platform technology in diagnostic and therapeutic areas in oncology.
• Ensure high data quality and the requisite scientific background and knowledge to navigate the complexity of experimental design and interpretation.
• Build a continually expanding knowledge base in cancer biology, biomarker discovery and development.
• Work in a collaborative and project-oriented manner with interdisciplinary teams composed of laboratory scientists, data scientists and bioinfomaticians as well as commercial and marketing personnel, and ensure that members contribute to their highest potential.
• Ability to manage cross-functional projects and timelines.
• Support, nurture, and help close sales opportunities.
• Role requires 10% travel.
• Exemplify our core values:
  • Put Patients First: Focused on serving patients and their support system, we direct all our efforts toward the area of greatest impact by discovering and building with speed, excellence, and purpose.   
  • Redefine the Possible: We are daring, imaginative, and focused in our pursuit of the next big idea. We take calculated risks to grow our business and improve patients’ lives. 
  • Together We Win: We encourage and challenge each other to achieve the greatest positive impact on those we serve: our customers, patients, colleagues, and stakeholders.

• M.D./Ph.D. or Ph.D. in Oncology, Cancer Biology, Epigenetics and Genomics or related field with 6+ years’ relevant experience in positions of increasing responsibilities with 3-6 years of in industry.
• Experience in leading and working in teams with a history of successful project management.
• Experience in the field of oncology and its underlying biology, along with genomics and epigenomics expertise, as demonstrated by publications, involving impactful tools or data sets as well as presentations at international conferences.
• Understanding existing large data sets and modern tools in cancer genomics for processing and analysis of primary data. Proficiency in programming languages such as R or python is a plus.
• Experience in biomarker development or molecular diagnostics in industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience with experimental design in population based clinical studies.
• An understanding of experimental limitations of next generation sequencing experiments as applied broadly in cancer.
• Demonstrated ability to apply these skills to uncover new biological insights.
• Excellent interpersonal, teaming, written and spoken communication skills.

Come join us in addressing large healthcare needs through precision epigenomic medicine!

ClearNote Health is an exciting life science company that is reinventing non-invasive molecular diagnostic testing using next generation epigenomic technologies. We are passionate and dedicated to discovering and developing medicines that will make a significant difference in cancer and other epigenomic-driven diseases. Our technologies provide novel insight and quantitation of human health and disease, with our focus on precision medicine applications improving both clinical and health system outcomes. Our company was founded based on pioneering work in the Stanford laboratory of Stephen Quake, with advisors from Stanford and UCSF.

We look for extraordinary lifelong learners with a passion and growth mindset for these areas, and for combining biological ingenuity with AI and data analysis. Led by a team with decades of experience bringing products from concept to market, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We provide generous benefits to all employees including stock options. We are building a world-class company, based in San Diego and San Mateo.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:

We celebrate diversity in perspectives and backgrounds, and this is reflected in our innovation, our mission, and values. Our differences make us unique, help us innovate, and allow us to persevere. We strive to achieve representation and inclusion and redefine the possible in patients living longer lives.